Russian Soyuz fails on commercial-satellite mission

A SOYUZ U BOOSTER launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 14 May failed to place a Kometa-class reconnaissance satellite into orbit. The spacecraft was due to provide 2m-resolution images of the USA for US Aerial Images, as part of a commercial contract with the Russian company Sovinformsputnik. The spacecraft was ...

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